February 2008
29 posts
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January 2008
88 posts
Studio 360: Nikola Tesla: Strange Genius →
Mike Daisey on 'Monopoly' →
The Believer - Interview with David Simon →
But instead of the old gods, The Wire is a Greek tragedy in which the postmodern institutions are the Olympian forces. It’s the police department, or the drug economy, or the political structures, or the school administration, or the macroeconomic forces that are throwing the lightning bolts and hitting people in the ass for no decent reason. In much of television, and in a good deal of our stage...
Effective Writing - George Orwell →
1. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. This sounds easy, but in practice is incredibly difficult. Phrases such as toe the line, ride roughshod over, stand shoulder to shoulder with, play into the hands of, an axe to grind, Achilles’ heel, swan song, and hotbed come to mind quickly and feel comforting and melodic. For this exact reason they...
Evolving Thoughts →
HulkOutList →
INCREDIBLE HULK PROVOCATIONS or “Ways to make David Banner angry”
WatchModules, by endemic project who writes:
“I asked all my neighbours if I could connect my MIDI keyboard with their lightbulbs in each appartment. After that, I plaid my music while my camera was filming the facade of the building. It’s was as simple as that. Satisfied?”
— joelaz
Redeye VC: After the Techcrunch Bump →
Will Price: Downturn - Now What? →
“One of the environmental groups in the US just completed a very extensive and...”
– Al Gore, in his talk with Bono and Tom Friedman at the World Economic Forum. Check out this and other webcasts here.
oobject » items to build an apple store →
Venture Hacks — How do I find a lead investor?... →
“Those kind of ‘sit on the sideline’ investors are worthless to you if you want to get a financing done… if you are raising a financing of any kind, spend all of your time looking for a lead investor.” — Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures
Running With The Devil - Isolated vocal track →
Things - task management on the Mac →
rethinking the community newspaper http://tinyurl.com/2xl2n3 — fred-wilson
WatchTED | Talks | Paola Antonelli: Treating design as art
Ecommerce Registration Usability Tips →
WatchGarrett Camp, StumbleUpon — The GigaOm Show Episode #25 — Revision3
TIME FOR SOME STORIES →
SCRAWNY MESS PAUSES TO REFLECT. THE BOY IS A VERITABLE DISTILLERY AT THIS POINT AND YOU CAN JUST TELL SOME SORT OF ULTIMATUM IS COMING. HE MASTERS HIS EMOTIONS AND BECOMES VERY STILL. I AM EXPECTING HIM TO GET ALL KUNG FU ON THIS GIRL. INSTEAD HE TURNS TO HER, WIPES THE TEARS FROM HIS EYES AND SAYS “STRIKE ONE, NANCY… STRIKE ONE.”
“[Is green technology trendy?] Sure, it’s trendy but you can’t ignore trends.”
– Venture Hacks — Tom Perkins of KPCB Interviewed
The Secret History of Silicon Valley →
Mindfulness In Plain English →
WatchDavid Lynch: Consciousness, Creativity and the Brain
17 internet games design principles →
1. Easy to Learn, Lifetime to Master 2. Simple obvious controls and rules that are easy to master 3. Allow players to discover controls and goals through simple exploration. 4. Provide clear, immediate, and meaningful feedback. 5. Offer clear and obvious short term and long term goals. 6. Players should be able to succeed in the first 10 minutes or earlier. 7. Support short session...
Geekout: How to Make Short URL's | wanderingstan →
WatchThe Merchants of Cool (via Google Video)
BuildingWebApps.com: A Resource for Ruby on Rails... →